For the engineering crew at Lotus, building transportation devices that are not sports cars is nothing new. Back in the early 90s they put their knowledge of lightweight materials and aerodynamics together to create a race bicycle that tore up the…
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LA 2007: Live Blogging the Green Car of the Year award
We're here at the Los Angeles Auto Show for the announcement of the 2007 Green Car of the Year. Three of the five finalists for this year's prize originate from within the halls of General Motors with the other two coming from Nissan and Mazda. The…
Kia may introduce unibody pickup truck with next-gen Sorento
When Kia debuts the next-generation mid-sized Sorento SUV in a couple of years, the South Korean brand is expected to migrate to a front-wheel-drive unibody platform. That would make the Sorento like many of its competitors in this size class such as…
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard pt.2
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This is part 2 of the AutoblogGreen interview with Tesla CEO Martin Eberhard that was in ABG Podcast #1. You can find part 1 here.
ABG: What's the timing for…
“Small equals cheap' mentality means we won't get Audi A1 in US
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America may have developed a taste for MINIs over the last several years, but apparently Johan de Nysschen doesn't think it goes far enough. Audi of America president de Nysschen would like to…
REPORT: New auto assembly plant to be announced this week… perhaps for Th!nk?
Financially struggling Norwegian EV maker Th!nk has been saying for some time that it wants to build some of its cars in in the United States. That announcement could come as soon as this week in Louisana. In a report published in Louisiana newspaper…
Volt battery decision soon, and 20 mile EV option possible
Much has been said recently about both the potential cost of the Chevy Volt and who will supply the batteries for the production car. During our recent chat, Bob Lutz he told us that the current mule vehicles are all being tested with packs from only…
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Joel Maguire talks about the GMC Denali XT
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Joel Maguire of General Motors sat down to chat with AutoblogGreen at the Chicago Auto Show following the introduction of the GMC Denali XT concept. The Denali is a four-door unibody pickup truck based on…
General Motors opens new powertrain engineering center that will create E-Flex
On Friday GM officially kicked off use of its new Powertrain Engineering Development Center in Pontiac MI. The new $463 million facility includes 120 dynamometer test cells for exercising all manner of new drivetrains. Among those cells 20 are…
GM Design helps U-M students develop new solar race car
Engineering students at the University of Michigan have been building solar powered racers for many years. Currently they are working on their ninth generation car called Continuum with technical assistance from General Motors. Staff at the…